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==Notable people== The following were born in St Davids: *[[Asser]] (died c. 909), a monk at St Davids who was [[Mentorship|mentor]] to [[King Alfred the Great]] and wrote his biography.<ref name=CE_Asser>{{Cite CE1913 |wstitle=John Asser |first=John Joseph |last=A'Becket |volume=1}}</ref> *[[William Barlow (Archdeacon of Salisbury)|William Barlow]] (died 1625), an expert on magnetism and Anglican cleric whose father, also [[William Barlow (Bishop of Chichester)|William Barlow]], served as bishop in 1536β1548.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baal-Barrow |publisher=Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 |editor=Joseph Foster |place=Oxford |date=1891 |pages=51β78 |website=British History Online |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp51-78 |access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref> *[[Thomas Tomkins]] (1572β1656), a musician and composer.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Davies, W. Ll. |date=1959 |title=TOMKINS family, musicians |publisher=Dictionary of Welsh Biography |access-date=28 January 2020 |url= https://biography.wales/article/s-TOMK-INS-1550}}</ref> *[[Richard Fenton]] (1747β1821), a Welsh lawyer, topographer and poet.<ref>{{Cite DNB |wstitle= Fenton, Richard |volume= 18 |last= Cooper |first= Thompson |author-link= Thompson Cooper |pages = 326-327 |short=1}}</ref> *[[Henry Hicks (geologist)|Henry Hicks]] (1837β1899), a surgeon and geologist who practised there from 1862 until 1871.<ref>{{Cite DNBSupp |wstitle= Hicks, Henry |volume= 2 |pages= 419-420 | first= Thomas George |last= Bonney |author-link= Thomas George Bonney |year=1885 |short= 1}}</ref> *[[Wilfrith Green]] (1872β1937), a brigadier-general who served in the British and Indian armies *[[Mary Keir]] (1912β2024), Welsh supercentenarian.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2022-03-03 |title=Wales' oldest woman celebrates 110th birthday in Llandeilo |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-60610207 |access-date=2024-12-21 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> *[[Kieran Evans]] (born 1969), a film director and screenwriter.<ref name="Bafta">{{Cite web |publisher=BBC |title=Bafta win for Pembrokeshire-born director Kieran Evans |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-26229878 |date=17 February 2014 |access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref> === Sport === *[[Ian Walsh (footballer)|Ian Walsh]] (born 1958), a Wales national association football player.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ian WALSH β League appearances β Crystal Palace FC|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/|access-date=2020-10-02|website=Sporting Heroes}}</ref> *[[Rowland Phillips (rugby)|Rowland Phillips]] (born 1965), a rugby union player for Wales and later rugby league for Wales and Great Britain.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rowland David Phillips |url=http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/10309.html |access-date=2020-10-02 |website=ESPN scrum}}</ref> *[[Jo Price]] (born 1985), a Welsh rugby union player and former footballer. *[[Jasmine Joyce]] (born 1995), a player for Wales women's national rugby union sevens and the British women's sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.<ref name="BBC">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/36062061|title=Rio 2016: Wales' biggest overseas Olympic contingent ready for opening ceremony|publisher=BBC Sport|date=4 August 2016 |access-date=5 August 2016}}</ref>
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